Should cheating on a fishing tournament lead to jail time?

Published 12:00 am, Friday, April 16, 2010

A Garland man pled guilty to stuffing a lead weight into a bass in a fishing tournament last fall, the outcome of an investigation by a Dallas-based Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game warden.

District Court Judge Brett Hall sentenced Robby Rose, 45, a competitive bass fisherman, to five years probation, 15 days in jail and loss of his fishing license for the duration of his probation.

Rose entered a guilty plea Tuesday to the state jail felony offense of attempted theft of more than $20,000 but less than $100,000, the value of the prizes he could have won had the fish been accepted.